Improvement in stove-platforms



lUNITED STATES leases y WALTER M ,looNGEE7 0E NEWARK, NEw JEEsEY.

IMPROVMENT IN STovE-PLATFORMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,678, dated May 14, 1872.

\ filling. These possess some advantages, but

are open to objections, one of4 which is the necessarily cumbrous character of the structure.

I believe it important to have an air-space under the center ofthe stove to retard the conduction of heat, but that it is not important to maintain such a space under thefeet. I prefer that the feet of the stove shall bear upon sheet metal lying directly upon the iioor or upon the carpet which covers the same.

4With some experimenting I have arrived at a construction which fulfills all the conditions admirably. It is a sheet metal base struck from a single piece of sheet metal, with a flat or plane surface around the edge and a raised interior.

` The following is a description of what I consider the best means of carrying out the invention.

The accompanying drawing forms a part of this specication.

Figure l is a plan view of the stove support, and Fig. 2 is a section on the line S S in Fig. 1.

directly on the door.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the gures. i'

A represents the flat portion, A1 a slightlydomed central portion, and A2 the turnedovcr border at the edge. There may be a wire at the turned-over edge, introduced in the ordinary or any suitable manner, if preferred.

The domed center is raised by operating with suitable former-dies, at one or more operations. It is important that the thickness of the metal shall be such that the domed portion Al shall retain its integrity under slight knocks and concussions, such as the flin ging of slight articles by children and an occasional hard blow with a poker or coalshovel. The raised part should be as large as is practicable without danger of trenching on the space where the legs of the stove are likely to rest. As stoves differ in size and in the position of their legs, I prefer in ordinary v cases that the diameter of the domed part shall be about two-thirds that of the entire or finished article. y

The upper surface is intended to be enameled and richly decorated, particularly near the edges. It may be variously impressed or struck up into leaves or analogous devices, according to the fashion; but I prefer, under ordinary circumstances, the plainest possible form.

The fact that the portion A is plane and that the feet of the stove are directly supported by a fair contact with the iioor below allows the use of the device with only a modcrate thickness of metal. The uniformly thin articles may be stowed together, with simply sheets of paper between them, in a very compact manner, for storage or transportation. All the functions of a stove-support are performed with very slight cost for material, and with less offense to the eye, and the presence of the stove-support is less in the way of sweeping or other operationsgthan any other form known to me.

The rolledover metal at the edge should preferably be left a very little lower than the general plane of the flat portion A, but not more than can be allowed for by the elasticity of the metal and still rest flat on the carpet. This will cause it to be certain to press fairly upon the carpet and avoid any dirt being swept under it.

There should be no aperture for the circulation of air into and out of the space inclosed under the dome.. Such a provision would result in a gradual accumulation of dust EEICE,

and litter, which would be injurious in various ways, and under some conditions would materially increase the risk of fire.

I claim- As a new article of manufacture, the stovesupport A A1, having the plane edge A and the raised center A1, formed from a single piece of sheet metal and adapted to inclose the air tightly, as herein specied.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of February, 1872, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WALTER M. CON GER.

Witnesses: l

THOMAS D. STETsoN, ARNOLD HORMANN. 

